Breeding Information

Breeding Practices

We are in no rush to breed our girls as we breed for ourselves, and we can only care for so many hounds at one time. We like to wait until our btiches are around 4 years of age to breed them, to rule out early onset heart disease. We test our brood bitches' hearts prior to breeding them, and then annually for the rest of their lives.

Puppies are whelped in the privacy of our guest room, so that the dam is not overly stressed with the other hounds wanting to know what is going on. Once the puppies are around 3-4 weeks, they are moved into the central family room/kitchen area of our house. There they are exposed to all of our hounds, and the sights, smells, and sounds of life. At around 6-7 weeks of age, the puppies are moved to the upstairs kennel, to help them get a start on house training. Our puppies all get loads of one on one time with us, and we work at handling them so that they will be better prepared for things like veterinary exams. All of our puppies are livershunt tested at 9 weeks of age and we let them go to their new homes around the age of 11-12 weeks.

We do not have any litters planned at this time, but are always happy to help people find reputable breeders with litters on the ground or on the way.